Ensure inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities
for all
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UAEU has been listed in record 16 subjects by QS World University Rankings by Subject
2021
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The Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL) – supports the UAEU’s strategic
vision and mission by promoting emerging educational technologies and teaching pedagogies
among faculty members and instructors. CETL provides its supporting functions using
four units: Instructional Design Unit (ID) to oversee the massive online and blended
course transformation process that has started in support of implementing smart teaching
and learning in UAEU courses. A second unit titled Teaching Scholarship & Assessment
Unit (TSA) supports the assessment of teaching and learning effectiveness and efficiency.
A third unit in charge of Faculty Professional Development (FPD) which plans, develops,
and manages the delivery of workshops, seminars, discussion panels, and forums to
promote teaching excellence. The fourth unit in CETL is the Textbooks unit, which
manages the digital textbooks provision via UAEU’s Virtual Learning Environment (Blackboard).
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Different Centres to support students
- Speaking Centre
- Writing Centre
- Language Centre
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UAEU has been ranked the top business school in the UAE in the QS 2021 Global Executive
MBA Rankings
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UAEU has been named the nation's top university in Times Higher Education's ranking
release which placed UAEU as the 39th best university in Asia.
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Events and lectures for the public: The UAEU Continuing Education Centre provides
a series of programmed events, lectures, and training sessions to which the local
community is invited. These include language training, IELTS preparation and other
useful skills like blockchain, artificial intelligence, Amazoogle, and design thinking.
We offer another initiative to teach Arabic to non-native Arabic speaking children
called ‘Arabic is the language of tolerance’. The library organises a series of ad
hoc events for targeted audiences mainly outside the university. The Science & Innovation
Park offers events and courses for the local population and school students to encourage
innovative and creative thinking, e.g. seed fund coaching. Finally, the university
career centre offers events and lectures that are only for the university alumni.
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Student Affairs conduct a Customer Happiness Survey (every semester) to get the feedback
of students on admission and registration services, overall rating about the teaching
methods and courses offered to them.
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Ph.D. Teaching Academy Program offered by CETL: The PhD Teaching Academy program is
a blended program developed to prepare PhD students to start a teaching career in
the academia. The program allows PhD students to learn how to manage large and small
classes and gain hands-on experience with a range of teaching and learning pedagogies,
instructional technologies, and best practices.
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UAEU received 5-star rating for online learning according to the QS World University
Ranking. This achievement confirms UAEU’s pioneering role in the educational process
as a national institution through the development of its academic outcomes and programs
that meet international standards.
Public resources: Free Access to Library (General Public) and UAEUX
UAEU provides free access to the library for the entire local community, which includes
all citizens and residents in the UAE. The services include online databases, computer
usage, or borrowing books. Please visit
UAEU library portal for more information
UAEU also provides free
edX courses for local high school students and other courses that are provided with free
access for all. The university has a Continuing Education Centre that provides a
range of courses targeting the local population outside the university.
The
UAEU Continuing Education Centre provides a series of programmed events, lectures, and training sessions to which
the local community is invited. These include language training, IELTS preparation
and other useful skills like blockchain, artificial intelligence, Amazon, google,
and design thinking. We offer another initiative to teach Arabic to non-native Arabic
speaking children called ‘Arabic is the language of tolerance’. The library organizes
a series of ad hoc events for targeted audiences mainly outside the university. The
Science & Innovation Park offers events and courses for the local community and school
students to encourage innovative and creative thinking.
UAEU colleges and research centers organizes different international conferences and
workshops which are open to the local community.
Examples of public lectures, community educational events
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- Day 1: Neuroscience of Education in Sports, STEM, Literacy: Interactive Games and
Workshop for Neurotypical Children, Students of Determination, Educators and Parents.
- Day 2: Educators Reshaping the Future of Education during a Global Crisis.
- Day 3: Moving Beyond 21st Century Education: Lifelong Learning in Innovation-Enabling,
Inclusive, and Global Environments.
UAEU specifically prohibits any discrimination of any kind against anyone because
of gender, religion, age, disability, race, color, origin, or nationality. The UAEU
ensures that access to lifelong learning activities is accessible to all, regardless
of ethnicity, religion, disability immigration status or gender.
An awareness campaign seminar was conducted at Al Zayedia Secondary School for Girls in Al Ain on the topic “Reducing
Food Waste”. Th campaign aims to create a sustainable environment on campus and to
identify and recycle waste in sustainable environment projects, and to transform the
campus into an environmentally friendly campus.